I just saw that Maersk Shipping has decided to change the route of some of their container ships that normally go through the Panama Canal. They will offload containers onto railcars and move them across Panama and reload to a ship on the other side. If that Rail line gets too much traffic is there a U.S. railroad that could pick up some of that traffic. Maybe from Southern CA to the Gulf of Mexico?
Don’t be confused by FACTS. It seems common sense would be applicable here. If the smaller canal were closed, and the new canal ONLY used, with a plan of less wasted water, the result would be opposite of presently.
I know, BUT we need more traffic. Don’t forget the addage: You can’t get something for nothing. There is ALWAYS a price to pay. endmrw0201241256
Currently there’s no landbridge service across the US, or North America (with the exception of the Panama Canal Railway) for that matter. As well the only lane being effected by the drought are all-water routes from SE Asia. Expect USWC to take up more slack for discretionary cargo moving east of the Mississippi.
No, and that’s due to the point of origin of goods from SE Asia, either east, or west of Singapore, operational cost, tolls to be paid for using the PC, faster and cheaper intermodal offerings, would make any service null and void.
Seems to be a more or less(?) compl,et, and more current history of the E-0W Panama Canal RR.
Ftl:"…On June 19, 1998, the government of Panama turned over control of the railroad to the private Panama Canal Railway Company (PCRC), a joint venture between Kansas City Southern and gantry crane manufacturer Mi-Jack Products.[26] The new company decided to rebuild the railroad line to handle container traffic parallel to the canal. The railroad projected it could move containers across Panama eight times as fast as the canal.[26] Work on the new railroad started in January 2000, and was complete in July 2001 at a cost of $76 million. Passenger service began at that time, with freight service started a few months later.[26] Two container handling terminals were created: on the Atlantic side, near Manzanillo International Terminal (Colón), and the Pacific Intermodal Terminal near Balboa Harbour. Passenger stations are in Colón (called Atlantic Passenger Station) and Corozal railway station, 4 mi (6 km) from Panama City.